# Track time trial at the Olympics

The track time trial is a defunct track cycling event formerly held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was not held again until 1928, when it became a consistent part of the programme and was held every year from then until 2004, after which the event was eliminated. A women's version was added in 2000, being held only twice before being eliminated along with the men's event after 2004. The distance of the time trial was one kilometre for men (except 1896, when it was one-third of a kilometre) and half a kilometre for women.

## Medalists
### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1896 Athens details | Paul Masson France | Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece | Adolf Schmal Austria |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Willy Hansen Denmark | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Netherlands | Dunc Gray Australia |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | Dunc Gray Australia | Jacques van Egmond Netherlands | Charles Rampelberg France |
| 1936 Berlin details | Arie van Vliet Netherlands | Pierre Georget France | Rudolf Karsch Germany |
| 1948 London details | Jacques Dupont France | Pierre Nihant Belgium | Tommy Godwin Great Britain |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Russell Mockridge Australia | Marino Morettini Italy | Raymond Robinson South Africa |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Leandro Faggin Italy | Ladislav Fouček Czechoslovakia | Alfred Swift South Africa |
| 1960 Rome details | Sante Gaiardoni Italy | Dieter Gieseler United Team of Germany | Rostislav Vargashkin Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Patrick Sercu Belgium | Giovanni Pettenella Italy | Pierre Trentin France |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Pierre Trentin France | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Janusz Kierzkowski Poland |
| 1972 Munich details | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Daniel Clark Australia | Jürgen Schütze East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal details | Klaus-Jürgen Grünke East Germany | Michel Vaarten Belgium | Niels Fredborg Denmark |
| 1980 Moscow details | Lothar Thoms East Germany | Aleksandr Panfilov Soviet Union | David Weller Jamaica |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Fredy Schmidtke West Germany | Curt Harnett Canada | Fabrice Colas France |
| 1988 Seoul details | Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union | Martin Vinnicombe Australia | Robert Lechner West Germany |
| 1992 Barcelona details | José Manuel Moreno Spain | Shane Kelly Australia | Erin Hartwell United States |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Florian Rousseau France | Erin Hartwell United States | Takanobu Jumonji Japan |
| 2000 Sydney details | Jason Queally Great Britain | Stefan Nimke Germany | Shane Kelly Australia |
| 2004 Athens details | Chris Hoy Great Britain | Arnaud Tournant France | Stefan Nimke Germany |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Niels Fredborg | Denmark (DEN) | 1968–1976 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Dunc Gray | Australia (AUS) | 1928–1932 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Pierre Trentin | France (FRA) | 1964–1968 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Erin Hartwell | United States (USA) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Shane Kelly | Australia (AUS) | 1992–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2000 Sydney details | Felicia Ballanger France | Michelle Ferris Australia | Jiang Cuihua China |
| 2004 Athens details | Anna Meares Australia | Jiang Yonghua China | Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Olympic record progression
### Men

| Time | Cyclist | Nation | Games | Date |
| 1:16.0 | Octave Dayen | France (FRA) | 1928 | 1928-08-05 |
| 1:15.2 | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein | Netherlands (NED) | 1928 | 1928-08-05 |
| 1:14.4 | Willy Hansen | Denmark (DEN) | 1928 | 1928-08-05 |
| 1:13.0 | Dunc Gray | Australia (AUS) | 1932 | 1932-08-01 |
| 1:12.0 | Arie van Vliet | Netherlands (NED) | 1936 | 1936-08-08 |
| 1:11.1 | Russell Mockridge | Australia (AUS) | 1952 | 1952-07-31 |
| 1:09.8 | Leandro Faggin | Italy (ITA) | 1956 | 1956-12-06 |
| 1:09.20 | Piet van der Touw | Netherlands (NED) | 1960 | 1960-08-26 |
| 1:08.75 | Dieter Gieseler | Germany (GER) | 1960 | 1960-08-26 |
| 1:07.27 WR | Sante Gaiardoni | Italy (ITA) | 1960 | 1960-08-26 |
| 1:04.65 | Gianni Sartori | Italy (ITA) | 1968 | 1968-10-17 |
| 1:04.61 | Niels Fredborg | Denmark (DEN) | 1968 | 1968-10-17 |
| 1:03.91 WR | Pierre Trentin | France (FRA) | 1968 | 1968-10-17 |
| 1:02.955 WR | Lothar Thoms | East Germany (GDR) | 1980 | 1980-07-22 |
| 1:02.940 | Erin Hartwell | United States (USA) | 1996 | 1996-07-24 |
| 1:02.712 | Florian Rousseau | France (FRA) | 1996 | 1996-07-24 |
| 1:01.609 | Jason Queally | Great Britain (GBR) | 2000 | 2000-09-16 |
| 1:00.896 | Arnaud Tournant | France (FRA) | 2004 | 2004-08-20 |
| 1:00.711 | Chris Hoy | Great Britain (GBR) | 2004 | 2004-08-20 |

### Women

| Time | Cyclist | Nation | Games | Date |
| 35.728 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela (VEN) | 2000 | 2000-09-16 |
| 35.230 | Chris Witty | United States (USA) | 2000 | 2000-09-16 |
| 35.013 | Wang Yan | China (CHN) | 2000 | 2000-09-16 |
| 34.696 | Michelle Ferris | Australia (AUS) | 2000 | 2000-09-16 |
| 34.140 | Felicia Ballanger | France (FRA) | 2000 | 2000-09-16 |
| 34.112 | Jiang Yonghua | China (CHN) | 2004 | 2004-08-20 |
| 33.952 WR | Anna Meares | Australia (AUS) | 2004 | 2004-08-20 |

## Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.
Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Herbert Crowther of Great Britain in second and Henri Menjou of France third.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1906 Athens details | Francesco Verri (ITA) | Herbert Crowther (GBR) | Henri Menjou (FRA) |